Oslo Philharmonic/Gražinytė-Tyla/Kopatchinskaja review – weapons-grade charisma and anarchic delight
Royal Albert Hall, LondonPatricia Kopatchinskaja hurls herself into Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, while conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla brings precision and intensity to ProkofievThere are the violinists whose instruments seem barely relevant, their tone appearing to emanate mysteriously from the ether. And there are the violinists whose music-making is audibly rooted in the physical contact between fingers, bow and string. Patricia Kopatchinskaja is among the latter – and Stravinsky’s 1931 Violin Concerto is an ideal expressive fit for this full-body performer.In her latest…
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